Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-10-06
A SCHOOLGIRLS CRIME.
Two Buildings and the Life OF N Fell
low Student Is Destroyed by - Rash
Act.

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VAssALBoRo. Me-, Oct. 2.-On the
night OF Aug. 81 the large main build
ing of the Oak Grove seminary was de-
stroyed by an incendiary fire and one
of the boy students was burned to
death. Eighteen days later the gymna-
sium building was burned. For ysri-
Gus reasons the seminary managers sus
pected George Harrington, Is years old
who had been an inmate Of the in
stitution for several months. Harrine-
ton fed few days ago, but he was
traced TO Broc.on, Mass. arrested and
brought back. This morning he con.
fessed quite boastfully that he set both
fires because he wasn't allowed to study
bookkeeping, and he didn't like the
food at the seminary tatle.
Young Harrington made his confes-
sion In a cold brazen manner, and
seemed to have no conception In the
enormity OF his offence. or that he com.
mitted murder. The burning OF Ste-
phen Jones In the building W III fx that
crime upon him. Harrington Is an or
phen OF good parentage and Is under
the guardianship OF Mr.. Hitchborn OF
etooL1on--H was arraianed yaaha.j-.y
morning. and committed to Jail to q.
wait the action OF the grand Jury.
A Chester County Thief Who Scorn-
ed an iron-Clad Cell.
WEST CHESTER. October l.-When
the under keeper OF the Chester County
Prison came to George Trowery's cell
this morning for the purpose Of dis
pensing TO that inmate his breakfast he
found more light In that apartment
than the law allows and Towery miss
ing. Upon his calling Keeper Wells
and making an investigation OF the sit.
uation a large hole IL 16 inches was
discovered In the ceiling, and this COM
municated with q narrow passageway
made between the partition walls Of
two cells, thence up to the roof and
another hole large enough TO admit
good sized mans body was found, and
thus the story vas told that Tuwery.
having decided to be guest no longer
OF that bastile. had cut his way out
through solid masonry, between he.yy
iron plates. and again through pine
boards and q tin roof, and then In o
jiffy, by means OF q rope improvised for
the occasion, his descent was sure and
rapid.
Trowery is o mulatto, and was cap.
tured less than month ago upon The
charge of stealing some household
goods and silverware from the residence
of Mrs. Phoebe Eldredge. In East Msrl
borough township, In 1885. He Is 80
years Of age, and his versatility for
eluding the clutches OF the law 10 decid.
sdly remarkable. The cell from which
he escaped is an iron. clad one. and the
tools with which he worked and by the
means Of which he effected his escape,
we,e an old broom handle pointed at
one end and bit OF hoop iron.
The Unpleasant Experience Of Trav-
elers on a Western Pennsylvania
Railroad.
GREENsBURG, Pa, October 3.-Ths
passengers on way train running on
the Sewickley Branch Of the Southwest
Railroad had rather terrifying expert
ence early this morning. IL reminded
them OF stoi les they had read Of ban.
ditti, highwaymen and road agents,
who make things more or less interest.
ing to travellers In stage coaches and
railroad trains on the distant frontiers.
There were pistols and bowie-knives
and razors In the air, and the engineer
and bis fireman, three brakemen aad
tho few passengers on board the train
were kept 10 an unwonted state Of ex-
element for several hours. The Sc.
wickley Road. which Is little branch
only ten miles long, runs through the
Pleasant Unity coke field. There are
plenty OF lonesome places along the
road, and 1t was at one Of these points,
while che train was running at a slow
rate early this morning, that band OF
negroes. yariously estimated at from
twenty 1--WE to thirty. jumped aboard
and caused panic by their villainous
emonstrations. The party had been
concealed among the bushes that lline
the road, land at given signal from their